Refillable cup for a pot for dispensing a cosmetic product
AssigneeAlbea Services
InventorsInès Coeur, Franck Seguin
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Abstract
A cup for a pot for dispensing a cosmetic product, which is able to contain the cosmetic product and has a central axis X is described. The cup can include a peripheral wall surmounted by a flat upper rim from which there extends an annular collar oriented parallel to the peripheral wall and at a distance from the peripheral wall so as to define therebetween a gap for receiving a neck of a base of the pot. The collar comprises a lower rim of continuous profile extending around the entire perimeter of the collar and having at least two diametrically opposite ramps; and at least two diametrically opposite gripping lugs defined in part by the ramps.
Claims24
A pot for dispensing a cosmetic product having a central axis X and comprising:
- a base opened in an upper portion and comprising a neck;
- a lid configured to tightly close the pot by cooperation with the neck of the base;
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- a cup housed inside the base and capable of containing the cosmetic product, the cup comprising a peripheral wall surmounted by a flat upper rim from which extends an annular collar oriented parallel to the peripheral wall and at a distance from the peripheral wall so as to define therebetween a gap for receiving the neck of the base, the collar comprising:
- a lower rim with a continuous profile extending around an entire circumference of the collar and comprising at least two diametrically opposed ramps, and
- at least two diametrically opposed gripping lugs defined in part by the ramps,
- wherein the pot further comprises axial-blocking features provided on the cup and on the base and configured to block axially the cup in the base, the axial-blocking feature of the cup being arranged on the gripping lugs,
- wherein the pot further comprises rotation-blocking features provided on the cup and on the base and configured to block rotation of the cup in the base, the rotation-blocking feature of the cup being arranged at a distance from the gripping lugs, the rotation-blocking features consisting of complementary interlocking elements respectively provided on the collar of the cup and on an exterior peripheral surface of the neck of the base,
- wherein the ramps, the axial-blocking features, and the rotation-blocking features are configured such that a single helical rotational movement of the cup relative to the base simultaneously engages both the axial-blocking features and the rotation-blocking features to secure the cup in the base.
A pot for dispensing a cosmetic product suitable for receiving a cup containing a cosmetic product, the pot having a central axis X and comprising a base comprising a reservoir surmounted by a neck, the reservoir defining a cavity suitable for receiving the cup and being open at the top and suitable for being closed by a lid, the neck of the base having a lower annular zone for attachment to the lid and an upper annular zone for attachment to the cup, wherein the neck comprises axial-blocking features for axially locking the cup in the base and rotation-blocking features for rotationally locking the cup in the base, said axial-blocking features being independent of said rotation-blocking features, and wherein the upper annular zone comprises ramps configured to cooperate with corresponding ramps on the cup such that a single helical rotational movement of the cup relative to the base simultaneously engages both the axial-blocking features and the rotation-blocking features to secure the cup in the base, wherein the rotation-blocking features consist of complementary interlocking elements respectively provided on the collar of the cup and on an exterior peripheral surface of the neck of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.